3dRose Cute Patriotic Elephant Cartoon Republican - Greeting Cards, 6 x 6", Set of 12 (gc_118608_2)

elephants strong dignified harmless when calm unstoppable when threatened that's what Thomas nashe thought in 1874 when he drew an elephant to pick the Republican Party in a political cartoon it didn't take long for newspapers across the country to pick up the image the Republican party in the pachyderm MP ignited ever since you may not know is that President of Sri Lanka gave a baby elephant to President Reagan in 1984 and Gerald and Betty Ford had an elephant room in their house decorated with elephant ornaments given to the couple from the Grand Old Party supporters but hang on why is the Republican Party also called the Grand Old Party the party nickname originally stood for gallant old party according to one story it was shortened to GOP when a newspaper ran out of space and article as the name suggests the party has been around for a long time since 1854 in fact not long after tha